Why read Monday Morning Power?

You will find a consistency and a focus in all of my content that can change your attitude which can fuel a positive change in your life, if you want it to. If you are happy with your attitude and your life and see no reason for changing, then you either already have a PMA (Positive Mental Attitude), or you are a victim and want to hold onto your misery. These postings will then serve to fortify the person with PMA, or, hopefully, convince the "victim" that there is a better way. This site will contain essays, poems, stories, humor and links, all with the same goal: The pursuit, capture, care and feeding of a Positive Mental Attitude. I have had readers tell me that they have spent hours on my site and feel great about themselves both during and after. I log onto my own site frequently to help fuel my attitude; I hope you will as well.

To My Fellow Bloggers.....

Please feel free to link my blog to yours. A dose of "Monday Morning Power" would bolster any blog, except for those that profess doom, destruction and the end of the world. If you want to use any of my content in your blog, please ask first via email or by comment. I will need to review your blog for appropriate content and then give you written permission as well as being sure that you link back.

Monday Morning Power

A dose of "Monday Morning Power" and a cup of coffee and you're ready for whatever awaits you. At a minimum you should read this blog on Monday Mornings. However, there will be new posts daily. Whenever you want to feel good, tune in and help yourself to some "Monday Morning Power." Please share this site with everyone you care about. I welcome your comments and suggestions

About Me

My goal is to help my clients navigate the “residential investment property” market; make some money and have some fun in the process. This real estate market is ripe for the investor. In addition, I would like to help the home buyer and home seller. I am part of an 80,000+ agent network that spans all of North America. Being on the “inside” I can find you the “right” agent to handle your specific needs no matter where in North America you may reside.
I have been in and arround the real estate market for most of my professional life and want to be your resource for making money in this market. I have been negotiating all of my life and want to negotiate great deals for you.
Following is my contact information and my philosophies:
Mel Kaye
(Broker Associate)
Keller Williams Realty
Direct: PCH.MEL.KAYE (724.635.5293)
Mobile: 805.300.1769
Fax: 888.371.1190
Email: YESmelYES@gmail.com
Website: http://melkaye.com
Skype: Mel.Kaye
Lic #: 00742678
340 N. Westlake Blvd., Suite 100
Westlake Village, CA 91362

This Site is dedicated to the development of your ATTITUDE, which is your ULTIMATE POWER. The content includes: Essays, Articles, Poems, Links, Inspirational stories, Quotes, Research, Music, an original series called the "Process" and Laughter....all focused on the Pursuit, Capture, Care and Feeding of a Positive Mental Attitude.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

It is getting very close to Thanksgiving here in the USA.This is a day for giving thanks for the blessings that we have received over the past year.Well, this year I have something very special to be thankful for.

I didn’t start blogging until May of this year.As you may know, the reason I started blogging was to have a vehicle to put out my “Empowerment Process,” which I have been posting in installments.However, what I got was a home for friendships that I feel are as real as the ones in my “real” life.For this I am more thankful than words can express.

There is something very special and unique about blogging friendships.In “real” life we all have to first get by the physical and superficial aspects of each other before we can get into who we are, really.In “real” life there is so much bull shit that we have to put up with, that sometimes developing true friends becomes very difficult.I feel that with blogging friendships there are no superficial aspects to it; the barriers do not exist.We open up in our writings as to who we really are.We bare ourselves and say “this is me.”For many of us this is the only way that we can truly express ourselves, our opinions, our strengths and our fears.I have also discovered a level of INTEGRITY amongst bloggers that I have not found in “real” life.

I feel that I have made true friends all over the worlds; here in the US, in the UK, in Finland, in Portugal, in Australia, in Malaysia, in New Zealand, in India, in the Philippines, in Singapore, and in every corner of the world.I believe that if I ever get the chance to visit these distant places that I have friends that I can actually visit and say, in person, “Thank You for being my friend.”For this I am so thankful.I never expected to feel this way when I began blogging.I truly love you all!!

For this occasion I have created a new award.This one has nothing imbedded in it.It is a sincere and heartfelt appreciation for all of my friends.Feel free to pass this around.This one is truly for giving.

If I have forgotten anyone, I apologize.For the friends I have yet to make, please accept this award in anticipation of a future friendship.

Making friends is not something that stops at an arbitrary date in time. Therefore, as I make new friends I will continue to give out this token of my friendship. To that end, I am presenting this award to:

As you have said, there are no barriers online and friendships flourish which is the beauty of the blogosphere. I started blogging in March with my Free PC Security blog and then my Life blog started in June, but I have made so many amazing friends it really is awesome :)

Thank you Mel.:) You just love to put a smile on my face, don't you?You want to know something really weird, when I got your comment and award I was in the middle of awarding you one so go pick it up Buddy:)HE HE HE HE

Mel, you are about the most wide open friend a person can have... I am very thankful for having met you here in the blogosphere and also am honored for you asking me to help out with a few things you were doing..... I am most honored that you consider me a friend and that you are you... So Happy Thanksgiving , I hope it is heart warming, memory making and just as special as YOU! Sweet hugs to one sweet man and fellow Blogger....Judy

HI Nick,There is a sense of integrity here that is not in the "real" world. I just knew when we first met, and we had that minor skirmish that I had to re-evaluate what I was asking. When I decided that you were right and I was wrong, that we were bound to be friends. That's a long way of saying "yeh, me too."

Jackie,I am thrilled to here from you. Remember, blogging should be about "you." If you are sad it may help to lay it out. You have a lot of friends out here, and as a group we can help support you! The choice is yours. You must do what is right for you.

Thank you so much! I really appreciate this more than you know... Like you I feel the same about the less superficiality of blogging friendships, although there are some out there, for sure, but, for the most part, when we connect with certain bloggers a magical thing happens and we 'feel' so much for one another; strange and wonderful, it is... and me, I am just a big ole blob of love anyway... again thank you and bless you; wish I could create awards but, I am deficient... hahaha... take care...

Thanks a lot Mel. You have been my first blogging friend and I'd say you're doing a great job! All these recent experiences have also exceeded my expectations far beyond what I thought could come out of this. In fact, I'm a little overwhelmed by it. Not quite sure how you do it yet, but you're fantastic at it!

Marshall,Thank you for the compliment. This blogging thing comes easy with the help of my friends. I have made a lot of blunders along the way, and some very kind bloggers have pointed out where I have gone wrong. You will make many blogging friends. Just remember you have to give of yourself, with sincerity and honesty and it will come right back at you ten times over.

No one adult human being is happy! People are born, they have a limited amount of time going around thinking life is dandy but then, inevitably, tragedy strikes and they realize life equals loss! The whole point of the game is to minimize the pain caused by that equation! Now some people do it by having kids, or making money, or taking up coin collecting, and others do it by getting wasted. Letting that little switch in the head turn the hot light off and the cool light on.~Jasper Quote from the movie 28 Days

Sheae,Your view on happiness is simply wrong. I would need to know more about your situation to comment specifically. You have no profile and no way that I can see if you blog, so there is nothing that I can find out about you. You mentioned loss...yes loss is an inevitable part of life. And after loss we must grieve. That is not a happy time. However, you are associating activities to happiness. If you have read my site you know how I define happiness; it is a choice. Now I realize that chemical imbalance and psychological factors can play a role.

With the little bit that you have shared, all I can say is that I feel very sad for you. You seem like you are playing out the role of victim and relinquishing control of your life to external factors. I would like to help, but I need to know more.

Stacy,If you'll notice, at the bottom of my original post I included the words "If I have forgotten anyone, I apologize. For the friends I have yet to make, please accept this award in anticipation of a future friendship." That was for you.

What a wonderful thing to do! I will display it proudly on my blog. And I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment-I also never expected to make so many friends when I started out blogging 5 months ago-it has opened up a whole new world for me. Thank you so much for the award.Chris